Ludwig van Beethoven / Ludwig Böhme (arr.) Müde sank der Tag

Ludwig van Beethoven was without doubt one of the most influential composers in the history of music. His works formed the culmination of many genres – particularly instrumental – of Viennese classicism, and laid the foundation for the following decades. But Beethoven’s vocal works set standards too: the late Missa Solemnis is one of the most impressive choral works of its time; but his earlier Mass in C also opens up new worlds of expression for the liturgical text, and set the benchmark for the further development in the composition of the mass. And with the final chorus of the Ninth Symphony, the setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy, Beethoven created one of the most frequently-performed and best known choral pieces of all, writing a timeless musical memorial to himself. Personal details

Francisca Stoecklin was a Swiss writer. She was born on 11 September 1894 in Basel. In 1920, she published several volumes of poetry. In addition to her work as a poet, she was also a painter and lithographer, among other things. Personal details

Ludwig Böhme has been artistic director of the Windsbach Boys' Choir since 2022. Böhme spent his childhood in the St Thomas Boys' Choir in Leipzig and then studied choral conducting at the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. In 1999, he founded the Calmus Ensemble with other former members of the St Thomas Boys' Choir. For 23 years, he was the baritone and creative head of the Leipzig quintet, which developed into an internationally successful and award-winning vocal group under his leadership. From 2002 to 2022, Böhme directed the Josquin des Préz chamber choir, with which he won first prize at the German Choir Competition in 2018. Böhme was the artistic director and initiator of the concert series ‘Josquin – Das Projekt’, the world's first complete performance of Josquin's works, which began in Leipzig's St. Thomas Church in 2004 and celebrated its successful conclusion there in 2017. For ten years, Ludwig Böhme was the artistic director of the Leipzig Synagogue Choir, a multi-award-winning ensemble dedicated exclusively to synagogue and Yiddish music. With many projects – from the rediscovery of choral symphonic works to concepts of tolerance – he has contributed to making Jewish music more visible in the choral scene. This has resulted in a busy stage career: Böhme has been a guest at all the major German music festivals, has given concerts in numerous European countries, Israel, Central and South America, and has toured the USA and Canada more than 30 times. He has worked with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Basel Chamber Orchestra, the Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra, the Orquesta Barroca de Sevilla, the lautten compagney berlin, the Nuremberg State Philharmonic, the MDR Symphony Orchestra and the HR Big Band, among others. More than 30 CD productions, awarded with OPUS and ECHO Klassik as well as several CARA and Supersonic Awards, document his extensive work. Ludwig Böhme taught conducting at the music academies in Leipzig, Halle and Bayreuth, gives workshops and master classes, serves on juries and is active as a composer and arranger. Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Personal details